How do I use a date pattern in a header/footer?

Question

Here\'s my appender configuration from my app.config. This just prints out the literal string instead of translating it to the date (i.e., it literally prints \"[START: %d

Answer 1

Answer from here.

Works for me like a charm. No need to write a piece of code.

Also in projects we usually use:

Take a look at PatternString doc also.

Also I've noticed that log file won't appear until you write first log statement.